A Protocol for a Pan-Canadian Prospective Observational Study on Active Surveillance or Surgery for Very Low Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer

• Anna M. Sawka,
• Sangeet Ghai,
• George Tomlinson,
• Nancy N. Baxter,
• Martin Corsten,
• Syed Ali Imran,
• Eric Bissada,
• Rebecca Lebouef,
• Nathalie Audet,
• Maryse Brassard,
• Han Zhang,
• Michael Gupta,
• Anthony C. Nichols,
• Deric Morrison,
• Stephanie Johnson-Obeski,
• Eitan Prisman,
• Don Anderson,
• Shamir P. Chandarana,
• Sana Ghaznavi,
• Jennifer Jones,
• Amiram Gafni,
• John J. Matelski,
• Wei Xu,
• David P. Goldstein,
• the Canadian Thyroid Cancer Active Surveillance Study Group,
• Lorne Rotstein,
• Dale Brown,
• John de Almeida,
• Patrick Gullane,
• Ralph Gilbert,
• Douglas Chepeha,
• Jonathan Irish,
• Jesse Pasterna,
• Shereen Ezzat,
• James P. Brierley,
• Richard W. Tsang,
• Eric Monteiro,
• Afshan Zahedi,
• Jacqueline Jame,
• Karen Gomez Hernandez,
• Antoine Eskander,
• Danny Enepekides,
• Kevin Higgins,
• Ilana J. Halperin,
• Afshan Zahedi,
• Karen Devon,
• Everton Gooden,
• Manish Shah,
• Mark Korman,
• Janet Chung,
• Kareem Nazarali,
• Eric Arruda,
• Artur Gevorgyan,
• Michael Chang,
• Sumeet Anand,
• Vinay Fernandes,
• Denny Lin,
• Avik Banerjee,
• Vinita Bindlish,
• Vinod Bharadwaj,
• Maky Hafidh,
• Raewyn Seaburg,
• Laura Whiteacre

Affiliations

Anna M. Sawka

Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Sangeet Ghai

Joint Department of Medical Imaging, University Health Network-Mt Sinai Hospital-Women’s College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

George Tomlinson

Department of Medicine, University Health Network and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Nancy N. Baxter

Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Martin Corsten

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

Syed Ali Imran

Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

Eric Bissada

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

Rebecca Lebouef

Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

Nathalie Audet

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada

Maryse Brassard

0Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada

Han Zhang

1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Michael Gupta

2Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Western University, London, ON, Canada

Anthony C. Nichols

2Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Western University, London, ON, Canada

Deric Morrison

3Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, ON, Canada

Stephanie Johnson-Obeski

4Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Eitan Prisman

5Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Don Anderson

5Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Shamir P. Chandarana

6Section of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

Sana Ghaznavi

7Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

Jennifer Jones

8Department of Psychosocial Oncology, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Amiram Gafni

9Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

John J. Matelski

0Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Biostatistics Research Unit, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

Wei Xu

1Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

David P. Goldstein

2Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

the Canadian Thyroid Cancer Active Surveillance Study Group

Lorne Rotstein

Dale Brown

John de Almeida

Patrick Gullane

Ralph Gilbert

Douglas Chepeha

Jonathan Irish

Jesse Pasterna

Shereen Ezzat

James P. Brierley

Richard W. Tsang

Eric Monteiro

Afshan Zahedi

Jacqueline Jame

Karen Gomez Hernandez

Antoine Eskander

Danny Enepekides

Kevin Higgins

Ilana J. Halperin

Afshan Zahedi

Karen Devon

Everton Gooden

Manish Shah

Mark Korman

Janet Chung

Kareem Nazarali

Eric Arruda

Artur Gevorgyan

Michael Chang

Sumeet Anand

Vinay Fernandes

Denny Lin

Avik Banerjee

Vinita Bindlish

Vinod Bharadwaj

Maky Hafidh

Raewyn Seaburg

Laura Whiteacre